How long do you let baby nap?

So we were waking her up every 2-3 hours to eat at first. She usually wakes herself up by hour 3 anyway. She had her shots two days ago and has been super fussy today and yesterday. She is working on three and a half hour nap. I was going to let her sleep for four and then get her up. Do you guys let them sleep however long they want? She went down about 3:30, woke up to put herself on the boob and “dream fed” I guess for an hour, and now it’s ten till 7. I was going to wake her up at 7:30. What do you guys think? What do you do with your LO? Thanks!

Our LO (little one) took a 4-5hr nap each afternoon for about two weeks. It didn't mess up her nighttime sleep, but she was going to bed around 11pm. Lately she's been shortening that nap and going to bed earlier. If yours goes to bed early I would probably wake her unless you're fine with going to bed late.

After shots or something like that, I’d let her go, but 24 hours later I’d go back to being more careful about nap lengths. She just went through a lot and I figure- don’t we as adults like to sleep it off too when we’ve been upset?

I still woke my LO (little one) after her shots just to eat and then she went right back to sleep - I didn’t try to keep her awake but she wanted to be sure she was still eating as normal. She stayed very tired for 2-3 days.

ETA - she eats every 3-3.5 hours during the day so I kept to that. At night I didn’t wake her.

I still woke my LO after her shots just to eat and then she went right back...

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01/19/2018

I still woke my LO after her shots just to eat and then she went right back to sleep - I didn’t try to keep her awake but she wanted to be sure she was still eating as normal. She stayed very tired for 2-3 days.

ETA - she eats every 3-3.5 hours during the day so I kept to that. At night I didn’t wake her.

She had shots Wednesday. Glad to know she’s not the only baby who was tired a few days later! No fever, lots of wet diapers, and she’s eating good. I think the shots just made her feel blah. thank you!

She had shots Wednesday. Glad to know she’s not the only baby who was tired...

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01/19/2018

She had shots Wednesday. Glad to know she’s not the only baby who was tired a few days later! No fever, lots of wet diapers, and she’s eating good. I think the shots just made her feel blah. thank you!

Yes! You have to remember they are essentially fighting off a virus so Sleep is good. I think if I remember correctly she got her shots at 930am on a Wednesday and still wasn’t quite herself until Sunday - so definitely a few days.

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